Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.
Directed by Lester James Peries
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Cast
Malini Fonseka
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Vasanthi Chathurani
Sita, the adopted girl
Sanath Gunathilake
Gunapala, the brother
Paboda Sandeepani
Aruni, the teenager
Ravindra Randeniya
Lucas, the upstart
Iranganie Serasinghe
Aunt Catherine
Asoka Rodrigo
Inspector Alwis
Nuwangi Liyanage
The servant
Ranjit Rubasinghe
The activist student
Elson Divituragama
Valet in mansion
Lucky Dias
The lawyer
Senaka Wijesinghe
Kirthie Bandara, rebel
Dayananda Jayawardena
The mansion's caretaker
Sathischandra Edirisinghe
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